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*Disclosure: I received a free meal at MOD Pizza in exchange for this blog post. The opinions expressed here, however, are my own.

If you've been following my blog for a while, you know I'm a big fan of MOD Pizza ... so when I was asked if I wanted to try its new seasonal pizza and salad, the answer was of course YES!

The seasonal MOD (which I found out this visit means Made On Demand - never knew that!) is the Phoenix pizza, which includes a white sauce, arugula & rosemary, asiago, Italian sausage, roasted mushrooms (a new ingredient!), roasted red peppers, and a balsamic fig glaze. It's 750 calories for an entire pizza which is pretty reasonable, too.

The seasonal salad includes kale, arugula, ricotta cheese, roasted red peppers and mushrooms, red onions, and a balsamic vinagrette, and has 150-590 calories, depending on what size you get.

The Phoenix pizza was DELICIOUS. I'm not usually a fan of white sauce, but I do like sweet sauces (like the balsamic fig glaze here), and I really, really liked this pizza—even more so than the more savory "make your own" pizza I also made for myself, which had a pesto drizzle on top and included chicken, pepperoni, mushrooms, and other toppings.

The salad was decent—I am not a big "salad person," and also not a big kale person, but I enjoyed the few bites that I took. My mom really enjoyed the salad, though, as well as her pizza.

Balsamic fig glaze, like the Phoenix is topped with, is a choice for a drizzle finish on your pizza, and I usually get that or the pesto drizzle. There's a new Mike's Hot Honey choice, or you could also choose red sauce dollops, hot buffalo sauce, a BBQ swirl, ranch, or sri-rancha (sriracha ranch).

The cinnamon sticks, especially with a cinnamon dipping sauce, are a MUST for dessert at MOD, too ... so good. We also tried their homemade version of a dark chocolate Ding Dong, which was delicious—and, best of all, had no artificial ingredients in it. {none of MOD's menu items have any artificial ingredients!}

A must-order dessert!

Big thanks to the MOD Northville team including the new manager, John, for accommodating us {and letting us eat a little too much pizza, ha ...}. And definitely check out MOD and the new seasonal pizza and salad if you haven't already!GIVEAWAY:

One of my lucky readers will win a $25 MOD Pizza gift card!

Enter via the widget below. Giveaway will end on Thursday, February 22nd, at 11:59pm EST, and winner will be notified via email the next day, and have 24 hours to respond, or an alternate winner will be chosen.

So we've all been there ... that time when you're on an important phone call, and then the call drops. Or even when you need to use the internet on your smartphone, only to realize that you're at your data limit for the month.

I drive all over the metro Detroit area for movie screenings; because of this, most of the time I know where I'm going, but sometimes, I'm in an unfamiliar area or at an unfamiliar theater and I need GPS to know how to get there and back.

A few months ago, I was headed to the AMC Forum (Sterling Heights area) and I wanted to know the best way to get home from there. My phone kept stalling ... and stalling ... and then the Maps app crashed! Gah! I was extremely frustrated. I was finally able to re-start the phone and get safely home, but it TOOK. SO. LONG. Had the Maps app worked the fir…

*Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. The opinions expressed here, however, are my own. As long-time readers of this blog surely know, I travel quite a lot. A few years ago, I only took about 2-3 trips per year, not including trips in the state of Michigan (Grand Haven weekends, etc.), but this past year, I was fortunate in that I was able to travel very frequently.

I recently heard about a new travel site, DirectHotels.com, which is similar to Kayak.com, in that it searches all of the other travel sites (Orbitz, Expedia, etc.) to find the best deals for you. I gave it a bit of a test run to see if that is indeed true.

About the site:
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I've written these past two years about Bookstock, a huge used book & media sale that takes place at Laurel Park Place, in Livonia, and it's returning again this year, from Sunday, 4/22 through Sunday, 4/29.Read more about the event over at my book blog! I was finally able to check it out last year, and they had a large mix of books and media (including DVDs, Blu-rays, and records).To learn more about Bookstock, click hereto visit my book blog, or visit their official site here.